FreightFA

Name: FreightFA
Author: com.freightfa.mcp

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Freight rate benchmarks (truckload, LTL, rail, intermodal, barge), market outlooks, FMCSA checks.

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when	check	result	http	latency	detail
2 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	2516 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
9 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1556 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
15 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	2052 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
21 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1826 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
27 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1731 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
34 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	2490 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1730 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1754 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1871 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools
3 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	2054 ms	server freightfa 0.7.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 27 tools

Tools observed via MCP handshake

get_freight_brief — Start here for any general freight market question. FreightFA's daily freight brief in one call, with no inputs: today's U.S. national truckload rates per mile
estimate_truckload_rate — Estimate a full-truckload freight rate for a lane using FreightFA's DAT-basis rate engine. Returns a directional benchmark for planning. Each call counts as one
estimate_ltl_rate — Estimate a less-than-truckload rate using FreightFA's CzarLite-basis tariff calculator. Returns a directional benchmark for planning. Each call counts as one es
estimate_rail_rate — Estimate a Class I carload rail freight rate for a commodity, distance, and weight. Pass origin and destination to check for active freight track near both ends
estimate_intermodal_rate — Estimate a door-to-door domestic intermodal (rail + truck) rate between two U.S. places: drayage to the nearest Class I ramp, the rail line-haul, and drayage fr
estimate_barge_rate — Estimate an inland waterway barge freight rate for a bulk commodity, origin, destination, distance, and weight, from USDA's weekly downbound grain barge rates.
recommend_mode — Rank the freight modes (dry van, reefer, flatbed, intermodal, rail, barge, dump truck) for a shipment between two U.S. places, with the reasons for each, and re
ask_freight_analyst — Ask FreightFA's AI freight analyst a question in plain language: lane rates, mode choice, capacity, fuel, carrier vetting, market news, or drafting an RFP. Answ
get_market_snapshot — Today's U.S. national truckload rates per mile for dry van, reefer, and flatbed (all-in including fuel, with linehaul and fuel split), FreightFA's live-quote in
get_market_outlook — FreightFA's forecast for next week's U.S. national spot rate per mile (all-in including fuel) for dry van, reefer, or flatbed: the current weekly average, a p10
get_rail_market_outlook — How U.S. rail carload prices are moving: the change in Class I railroads' average revenue per carload versus a year earlier, from their SEC filings (fuel surcha
get_freight_index_outlook — Latest reading and next-period outlook for a global freight index: drewry_wci (Drewry World Container Index, $/40ft container), baltic_dry_index (dry bulk shipp
get_barge_outlook — USDA weekly downbound grain barge rates for the river corridor between two Mississippi, Illinois, or Ohio River places, with next week's outlook where it has pa
lookup_carrier — Vet a U.S. motor carrier from FMCSA SAFER data: operating authority, safety rating, insurance on file, driver and vehicle out-of-service rates, and FreightFA's
find_intermodal_hubs — Look up U.S. intermodal rail hubs by city or state: which Class I railroads serve the metro, the named ramps to ask a carrier about, and notes. Leave both out t
explain_freight_term — Plain-English definition of a freight market index, ratio, or charge from the FreightFA glossary: OTRI, OTVI, load-to-truck ratio, NTI, Cass Freight Index, RCAF
get_freight_news — FreightFA's newest freight news: FreightFA Pulse market stories and updates (truck, rail, ocean, industry), articles from The FreightFA Brief newsletter, videos
calculate_margin — Margin on a load from the buy rate (carrier cost) and sell rate (what the shipper pays): margin in dollars and percent of sell, the per-mile spread when miles a
check_freight_bill — Compare what a shipper was billed (or quoted) for one truckload or LTL load with today's market price for the same lane. Use it when the user uploads, pastes, o
draft_pushback_email — Draft an email to a broker or carrier pushing back on a truckload quote, using the market benchmark for the lane and this week's market direction. Set want_coun
create_rfp — Create a draft freight RFP in the user's FreightFA account with up to 50 lanes, and benchmark each lane against the market. Returns the RFP id, a link to finish
list_rfps — List the signed-in user's RFP documents, newest first, with lane counts.
get_rfp — Fetch one of the signed-in user's RFP documents, including its lanes.
estimate_network_cost — Price a supply chain of up to 10 legs (factory to port to warehouse to store, domestic or international) and total it, with each leg's mode, cost, and transit t
list_rate_alerts — List the signed-in user's lane rate alerts.
create_rate_alert — Create a lane rate alert for the signed-in user. Notifies them when the benchmark crosses the threshold.
list_recent_searches — List the signed-in user's recent freight rate searches and the lanes they priced (website, chat and assistant), newest first, each with its price breakdown (lin

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